JH,
Are you OK, now?.
That sounds to me like a real shocker!. [Linked Image]
I certainly agree with your comments about leaving Electrical work, to those that are trained and qualified, to do so, this could save a lot of Electric shocks, Fires and general property damage.
I've found over the years, that a lot of Engineering and General Maintenance staff, are working too far, out of their skills base when they start hooking up 3-phase equipment
and controls.
Recently, I had a callout, to the local Meat-Works, to repair a Backing Saw(splits Pig carcasses in half and it is the most vicious looking machine I have seen yet).
But, long story short, it was running backwards(and no, it was not joining the pigs back together), but it did nearly take the head off a Slaughter-man, only because one of the Maintenance men(?), didn't know about Phase Rotation of 3-Phase equipment,
he assumed, that no matter which way the feed was hooked up, the saw would turn the same way, as it was fed through a gearbox.
Still haven't worked out, his line of thinking on this one. [Linked Image]
One thing I do know, is that, assumptions are the Mother of all F*** ups.

[This message has been edited by Trumpy (edited 01-18-2003).]